15 Unlucky Drones That Slammed Into Buildings

Drones are a blast to fly but when obstacles get in the way, your landing might not always be a pleasant one. Skyscrapers and other buildings that jut up into a drone's natural domain remain one of a quadcopters most dangerous enemies. Here are 15 examples.

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Drone vs. Building

When the quadcopter flies up to high and loses signal, it typically enters "return to home" mode and autopilot takes over. This is far better than just falling out of the sky, but it can be a problem when there's something like a building in the way. Observe!

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Drone vs. Skyscraper (x2)

Sometimes, it will even hit a building the way, twice.

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Drone vs. Space Needle

This New Years Eve footage of a drone circling the Seattle Space Needle was great until the drone lost signal causing it to crash landed onto the top of the famous structure.

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Drone vs. Dallas Skyline

If you get a new drone, you might want to check out its max altitude before Return to Home kicks in. Seems like advice this Dallas flier could have used.

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Drone vs. Wind

Unlike a helicopter or plane, it's easy for a lightweight drone to fall victim to high winds. Not only did this drone get wrecked but some gusts, but so did the Go Pro Hero 4 attached to it.

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Drone vs. Skyscraper (x2, again!)

When this drone goes out of sight and attempts to return home, it crashes almost full speed into a wall. Then after it recovers it crashes one more time. It just can't get enough.

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Drone vs. Condo

Yet another drone with building problems, this one having a run-in with a Florida condo. Some collisions sensors might be helpful!

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Drone vs. Fencing

This drone nearly crashes into some tourists as it loses control, but gets caught up on a fence before it hits. As seen in the footage, the two tourists recover the drone with the GoPro still filming. It did seem fond of them, after all.

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Drone vs. Window

What's worse than smashing your drone into a building? Crashing it through a window. Worse than that? Crashing it through a window into your own head. Luckily the pilot's only serious injury was his dignity.

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Drone vs. NYC Skyline

As signal drops for a second, this drone leans towards a building in Manhattan. As the drone dropped, it landed right in front of a business man's feet and fortunately not on his head.

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Drone vs. Bad Pilot

Autopilot isn't the only time drones and buildings will meet unceremoniously. This pilot introduced his drone to a wall long before it got to Return to Home mode.

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Drone vs. Water Tower

Wind completely blows drone off course, forcing it to crash into Orono Water Tower.

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Drone vs. Law Firm

As a result of the gimbal on the drone loosening, things literally takes a turn for the worst as this drone flies directly into the window of a law firm.

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Drone vs. Building, Ground

While flying, this drone loses control, possibly due to the wind forcing it to crash into a building below it, followed by an even worse crash directly into the ground.

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Drone vs. Mountains

Rocky outcrops are basically nature's skyscrapers so naturally drones crash into them as well. If this drone thought it's Return to Home was safe just because it was outside city limits, it sure was wrong.

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